Applicator



Sept. 5, 1950 v. LAMBOURNE APPLICATOR Filed May 29, 1945 Patented Sept. 5, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLICATOR Sidney V. Lambourne, Salt Lake City, Utah Application May 29, 1915, Serial No. 596,569

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to the application of paints and has for its object to provide a new and highly eflicient means for applying the proper amount of paint on the usual roller which is now employed for application of Kemtone and other like cold-water paints but which may be used with any type of paint desired.

A further object is to provide a pan in which the paint may be mixed thoroughly and which may then be used by placing a slanting inclined platform therein onto which slanting platform the roller may be rolled to evenly distribute the paint thereon ready for application onto the walls.

A further object is to provide a container in which the paint may be mixed and an adjustable inclined platform on which the roller applicator may be rolled evenly distributing the paint on the roller ready for application on the walls or surface being painted, the purpose of the inclined platform being to provide different angles for the roller and to be elevated as the paint is used from the container so that the roller may be always introduced into some of the paint the highest point of elevation being sufficient to allow the roller to be run down over the lower end onto the bottom of the container to completely use all the mixed paint in the container.

These and other objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the container with the inclined platform at its lowest position with a paint roller applicator being shown in position therein.

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1 with the applicator shown in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an end view of the inclined platform.

In the drawings I have shown the container pan as A, having handles 6 and 1 at each end thereof by which it may be carried and handled. One side of the pan is elevated above the other to act as a shield to prevent the user from rolling the roller off the side. The inclined platform B is shown as made of a fiat plate 8, having depending flanges 9 and 10 along the two sides to near the top end where the flanges terminate a sufficient distance from the end to permit the complete insertion of the side flanges into the pan when the inclined platform is at its lowest level. Notches II are cut in the flanges 8 and 9 to permit adjustment of the level of the inclined platform B.

A bifurcated bracket 12 is attached to the top surface of the inclined platform B to receive the rod of the roller applicator C, the handle of the applicator being held above the bracket 12, to suspend the roller above the paint level for draining it or for holding it during transportation.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising an elongated rectangular container having one edge thereof elevated above the rest of the container; handles on each end of the container by which it may be lifted and carried; an inclined adjustable platform carried in said container, said platform having an elevated bifurcated socket to receive the handle of a roller applicator and having depending flanges formed along the edges of the inclined platform with notches in the edge thereof adapted to be engaged over the end of the container to permit the angle adjustment of the inclined platform and to hold it in position therein.

2. A device of the class described comprising a container elongated and rectangular in form; an adjustable inclined platform carried in said container, the platform having two elongated edges turned down as flanges and notched, the notches being formed to fit over one end of the container to vary the angled relationship of the platform in the container dependent upon the notches used, the lower end of the platform resting in the bottom of the container.

SIDNEY V. LAMBOURNE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 860,838 Springler July 23, 1907 1,466,038 Brubaker Aug. 28, 1923 2,204,190 Siegel June 11, 1940 2,369,335 Burman Feb. 13, 1945 

